Posts tagged “WWW 2010”

Updated May 20, 2010

WiFi use up 90 percent in downtown Raleigh, officials say

Downtown Raleigh Use of downtown Raleigh’s free Wi-Fi network has increased 90 percent since winter.

Updated May 5, 2010

Bragging about the Triangle – No, it’s fact

We all too often focus on our faults and shortcomings, not our strengths. Divisive politics has a lot to do with that. Continuing high unemployment also has a lot of people feeling – and deservedly so – left out by the region’s continuing transformation into a high-tech showpiece. But at WWW 2010, the Triangle flexes many muscles.

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Updated May 3, 2010

WWW 2010: Feeding our minds – That's mission of Lulu’s Bob Young

The co-founder of Red Hat and owner of Lulu, a global self-publishing enterprise, marvels at Red Hat’s success, his luck, changing the world of publishing and working rather than trying to play golf.

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Updated April 30, 2010

WWW 2010: Sir Tim in action with his disciples

Memorable moments and quotes from WWW 2010 and FutureWeb: The creator and his disciples; 3-D’s “big money”; Berners-Lee’s perfect home; Elon University’s Internet treasure; and Lulu’s merry marketers.

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Updated April 30, 2010

WWW 2010: Probing privacy, publicity, you and the Web

Microsoft’s Danah Boyd stresses what she wants the takeaway from her keynote address to be – Data availability and ethics of use. Plus, do we listen to the same advice we give to teens about sharing personal information?

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Tags: WWW 2010
Updated April 30, 2010

WWW 2010: Wisdom from entrepreneurs about future opps

WWW 2010  Luck, creating value, starting lean, studying case studies, the visible future – Entrepreneurs offer insight about success in startups.

April 29, 2010

WWW 2010 stumper – What’s the Dew?

WWW 2010  Heard and seen at the WWW 2010 conference: Web creator tells attendees: “Get involved”; The title Vint Cerf really wanted; Obama Administration wants “net neutrality”; ibiblio’s Paul Jones catches his breath – and some cheesecake.

Updated April 28, 2010

Vint Cerf: Google Fiber doesn’t mean Googletown forever

WWW 2010: The Internet evangelist at the search engine giant says Google wants to test and deploy a model for broadband that could be sold wholesale. There’s “no interest” in running a network business, says one of the Internet’s fathers.

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Tags: WWW 2010, MCNC
Updated April 28, 2010

LTW is live at WWW

WWW2010 Local Tech Wire is covering the WWW2010 conference via blog and Twitter.

Updated April 28, 2010

'Oh My!' Internet’s ‘father’ is evangelizing about the Net

WWW 2010 Vint Cerf, the Internet evangelist for search engine giant Google, kicks off the speaker program for the WWW 2010 conference. And he has a lot of advances in technology to preach about. Web's creator is speaking, too.

Updated April 27, 2010

Raleigh hosts Web visionaries for week-long conference

More than a thousand people representing 42 countries are expected to attend this week’s conference. Events began on Monday and will run through Friday.

Updated April 27, 2010

Frequently asked questions about WWW2010 conference

WWW 2010 Get more information about the WWW2010 conference, including who the main speakers are and what topics they're discussing.

Updated April 27, 2010

China’s Big Brother: Law requires telecom, Internet firms to spy

“Police to work with phone, Internet providers” and “Communication companies must 'detect, report and delete' information about State secrets” – Chilling headlines in China Daily.

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Updated April 26, 2010

Hub of Web universe: Raleigh hosts annual global WWW Conference

This should be a fascinating and enlightening five days about the state of the Web today – but more importantly, how the Web’s developers, leaders and users are evolving it for even wider use in the future. UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU bring the five-day event to the Triangle.

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